Author: Liz Booth
Liz Booth has more than 30 years’ experience as a journalist and editor, working on a mix of consumer and business titles but, for the past decade, has concentrated on the insurance and risk sector. Having grown up in west Africa and then lived in South Africa, she has a lifelong commitment to the continent and a passionate interest in its future success.
Fresh capital flows into African insurance market signal rising investor confidence
As the African Insurance Organisation’s general assembly got underway in Cairo, two new private capital vehicles announced moves into the African insu [...]
Pools could unlock Africa’s capacity to insure complex risks
Africa boasts some 78 insurance pools across the continent out of a global total of 451, delegates at the 52nd general assembly of the Africa Insuranc [...]
PODCAST: Is the insurance market really managing the AI transition safely?
As part of the Africa Ascending Bites podcast series, Udai Patel, of Afro-Asian Insurance Services, and Liz Booth, of Africa Ahead, debate whether [...]
VIDEO: Actuaries play key role in creating sustainable insurers
Yeside Kazeem, founder of the African Actuarial Development Academy, explores the critical role of actuaries in the insurance industry, particularly [...]
PODCAST: Using technology to exhaust local capacity efficiently
As part of the Africa Ascending Bites podcast series and after a recent visit to Ghana, Udai Patel, of Afro-Asian Insurance Services, and Liz Boot [...]
VIDEO: Regulators prepping industry for myriad challenges
With the Gulf war continuing and the insurance sector facing many challenges, a group of regulators spoke at the 11th Continental Re Summit of the nee [...]
PODCAST: Shaping changing regulation in the Zambian market
As part of the Africa Ascending Bites podcast series and after a recent visit to Zambia, Udai Patel, of Afro Asian Insurance Services, and Liz Boo [...]
Winners for 11th Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards named
Continental Reinsurance has unveiled the winners of the 11th edition of the Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards. The winners were selected from [...]
ATIDI seeks US$500 million from partners after Gulf crisis
Africa’s multilateral insurer of trade risk, African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI), is seeking around US$500 million in capital [...]
VIDEO: From war to floods, 2026 has started with a bang
The insurance industry needs to be nimble like never before as a combination of war and natural perils create an unwelcome start to the year, as p [...]